1989 London Marathon
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The 1989 London Marathon was the ninth running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 23 April. The elite men’s race was won by Kenya’s Douglas Wakiihuri in a time of 2:09:03 hours and the women’s race was won by home athlete Véronique Marot in 2:25:56. Marot’s time was a British national record, which stood for 13 years before Paula Radcliffe improved it with a world record at the 2002 London Marathon.
In the wheelchair races, British athletes David Holding (1:59:31) and Josie Cichockyj (3:03:54) won the men’s and women’s divisions, respectively. This was the first time an athlete completed the wheelchair marathon in under two hours.
Around 72,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 31,772 had their applications accepted and 24,452 started the race. A total of 22,701 runners finished the race.
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Der London-Marathon 1989 war die neunte Auflage des jährlichen Marathonlaufs in London, Vereinigtes Königreich, der am Sonntag, dem 23. April, stattfand. Das Rennen der Elite-Männer gewann der Kenianer Douglas Wakiihuri in einer Zeit von 2:09:03 Stunden und das Rennen der Frauen gewann die einheimische Athletin Véronique Marot in 2:25:56 Stunden. Marots Zeit war ein britischer Landesrekord, der 13 Jahre lang Bestand hatte, bevor Paula Radcliffe ihn beim London-Marathon 2002 mit einem Weltrekord verbesserte.
In den Rollstuhlrennen gewannen die britischen Athleten David Holding (1:59:31) und Josie Cichockyj (3:03:54) bei den Männern bzw. Frauen. Es war das erste Mal, dass ein Athlet den Rollstuhlmarathon in weniger als zwei Stunden absolvierte.
Rund 72.000 Personen hatten sich für das Rennen angemeldet, von denen 31.772 zugelassen wurden und 24.452 an den Start gingen. Insgesamt beendeten 22 701 Läufer das Rennen.
Vorzüglich nach wie vor die Zeiten für den bescheidenen Athleten Alfons, dessen absolute Bestzeit die 2:24 Stunden vom London-Marathon 1989 darstellen.
Results
Men
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | Douglas Wakiihuri | ![]() | 2:09:03 |
![]() | Steve Moneghetti | ![]() | 2:09:06 |
![]() | Hussein Ahmed Salah | ![]() | 2:09:09 |
4 | Manuel Matias | ![]() | 2:09:43 |
5 | Suleiman Nyambui | ![]() | 2:09:52 |
6 | Tony Milovsorov | ![]() | 2:09:54 |
7 | Pat Petersen | ![]() | 2:10:04 |
8 | Wodajo Bulti | ![]() | 2:10:32 |
9 | Takao Nakamura | ![]() | 2:11:51 |
10 | Zhang Guowei | ![]() | 2:12:03 |
11 | Michael O’Reilly | ![]() | 2:12:16 |
12 | John Wheway | ![]() | 2:12:22 |
13 | Allister Hutton | ![]() | 2:12:47 |
14 | Tefera Guta | ![]() | 2:12:49 |
15 | Kenneth Stuart | ![]() | 2:12:53 |
16 | Jose Carlos da Silva | ![]() | 2:12:57 |
17 | Allan Zachariasen | ![]() | 2:13:15 |
18 | Peter Maher | ![]() | 2:13:25 |
19 | Kevin Forster | ![]() | 2:13:31 |
20 | John Andrew Boyes | ![]() | 2:13:45 |
21 | Peter Dall | ![]() | 2:14:25 |
22 | Giuseppe Denti | ![]() | 2:14:29 |
23 | Bjorn Sivertsen | ![]() | 2:14:33 |
24 | Igor Braslavskiy | ![]() | 2:14:38 |
25 | Yuri Porotov | ![]() | 2:15:10 |
Women
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | Véronique Marot | ![]() | 2:25:56 |
![]() | Wanda Panfil | ![]() | 2:27:05 |
![]() | Aurora Cunha | ![]() | 2:28:11 |
4 | Dorthe Rasmussen | ![]() | 2:29:34 |
5 | Raisa Smekhnova | ![]() | 2:30:15 |
6 | Evy Palm | ![]() | 2:31:05 |
7 | Angie Hulley | ![]() | 2:31:06 |
8 | Lynn Harding | ![]() | 2:31:45 |
9 | Charlotte Teske | ![]() | 2:32:34 |
10 | Conceição Ferreira | ![]() | 2:32:50 |
11 | Sheila Catford | ![]() | 2:33:04 |
12 | Sally Ellis | ![]() | 2:33:24 |
13 | Krystyna Chylińska | ![]() | 2:33:46 |
14 | Jill Clarke Harrison | ![]() | 2:34:19 |
15 | Sissel Grottenberg | ![]() | 2:35:01 |
16 | Sandra Branney | ![]() | 2:35:03 |
17 | Rosemary Ellis | ![]() | 2:35:32 |
18 | Marina Samy | ![]() | 2:36:32 |
19 | Maria Polyzou | ![]() | 2:37:03 |
20 | Dominique Rembert | ![]() | 2:37:04 |
21 | Małgorzata Birbach | ![]() | 2:37:08 |
22 | Nicola Morris | ![]() | 2:38:21 |
23 | Lyubov Klochko | ![]() | 2:38:22 |
24 | Christine Kennedy | ![]() | 2:39:13 |
25 | Ewa Szydlowska | ![]() | 2:39:21 |
Wheelchair men
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | David Holding | ![]() | 1:59:31 |
![]() | Ted Vince | ![]() | 1:59:32 |
![]() | Chris Hallam | ![]() | 1:59:33 |
4 | Scott Paterson | ![]() | 1:59:39 |
5 | Lex de Turck | ![]() | 2:08:12 |
6 | Andy Haynes | ![]() | 2:09:55 |
7 | Ian Thompson | ![]() | 2:11:24 |
8 | Ivan Newman | ![]() | 2:16:30 |
9 | Kevin Breen | ![]() | 2:16:35 |
10 | Kevin Doran | ![]() | 2:22:04 |
Wheelchair women
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | Josie Cichockyj | ![]() | 3:03:54 |
— | Karen Davidson | ![]() | DNF |